Songs of Praise

Songs of Praise
GenreReligious broadcasting
Created byDonald Baverstock
Presented byAled Jones
Katherine Jenkins[1]
Sean Fletcher
JB Gill

Pam Rhodes
Claire McCollum
Kate Bottley
(See full list)
Theme music composer
Ending themeSongs of Praise – Toccata for Organ
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3105 (approx) (Jan 2024)
Production
Executive producersBarry Hart
ProducersDavid Waters
Charlotte Hindle
Karen Hannah
Running time35 minutes
Production companiesBBC Television (in-house) (1961–2016)
BBC Studios (2016–2017)
Nine Lives Media (2017–2023)
Avanti Media (2017–2023)[2]
CTVC (2023-)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release1 October 1961 (1961-10-01) –
present
Related
  • Your Songs of Praise Choice
  • Praise Be!
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Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns, worship songs and inspirational performances in churches of varying denominations from around the UK alongside interviews and stories reflecting how Christian faith is lived out.

The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff. It is believed to be the longest running series of its genre on television anywhere in the world.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Katherine Jenkins OBE makes her TV series presenting debut on Songs of Praise". BBC Media Centre (Press release). BBC. 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ Singh, Anita (10 March 2017). "BBC loses Songs of Praise to independent production company". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ "BBC: History of Songs of Praise". Archived from the original on 10 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Songs of Praise: Celebrating 50 Years". BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2014.